More than 3,500 Syrians flee to Turkey in past 24 hours

Reuters

ANKARA, Aug 24 (Reuters) - More than 3,500 people fleeingviolence in Syria have entered Turkey over the last 24 hours,Turkey's Disaster and Emergency Management Directorate (AFAD)said on Friday, one of the highest daily refugee flows since thestart of the uprising last year.

The new arrivals bring the number of Syrian refugees nowsheltering in Turkey to more than 78,000, AFAD said. There weresome 44,000 refugees registered at the end of July.